Local Schools

Maybe it is because I have a teaching degree, but last year in Kenya I really wanted to visit local schools.  The children would get up and walk to school before I could realize they were gone.  So I got two teen girls to take me to the elementary school.  They said it was "just up the road" but I think it had to have been two miles there and two miles back.  The road was a dusty trail and I was wearing sandals.  If I didn't pick my feet up enough the sandals would get filled with dirt.  And I stumbled forward quite a few times!  Who knew that one has to learn how to just walk in another country?!

When we arrived at the Primary School class was still in session.  I went and talked with the principal for about an hour.  I told him about how education is in America.  Then around 2 pm the day let out.  I stepped outside the room I was in and immediately a crowd of every single child there gathered.  I spoke to the crowd with one of the girls translating for me.  I told them I came to Kenya to tell people about Jesus and we invited them and their families to an event at the church where they could get clothing and food.  

Some of the Emmanuel Children's Home orphans were at that school, so as we left to walk home together, the crowd went with us until they parted to their homes.  The next day the same girls plus a teen boy and Esther's grandson Junior walked with me the other direction to visit the Secondary School.  Here I also spoke to the principal and some teachers.  Students learn English throughout their schooling but then all of high school is conducted in English--British English!  When the bell rang for the class change, I went to the Christian Education class.  I listened to their lesson.  Though there was nothing incorrect in what I heard, it was just a discussion of the morals that Jesus taught and there was nothing said of the need for the individual to be saved.  So, when it was my turn to speak for the last 15 minutes of class, I told them they need to each get a Bible and read it for themselves.  Unfortunately, I did not clearly present the plan of salvation and I wish now that I had.  

After I was already on the way back to the States, Kim and Kenta visited another school.  They each spoke, shared their testimonies and the plan of salvation, and SIXTY-SEVEN CHILDREN ACCEPTED CHRIST!!  I was so happy when Kim told me!  That reaffirmed to me that this year I need to visit as many local schools as I can and present the Gospel there.  Please pray that there will be no hindrances to that occurring.  

And if you, dear Reader, have never trusted Christ as your Savior, you can do so this very minute.  It is as simple as ABC.  Admit you have sinned.  Believe Jesus can save you.  Confess Christ as Lord of your life.  The Bible says in Romans 10:9-10, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."  And in Acts 2:21, "...whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved."  If you prayed to God to save you, I encourage you to find a Bible-believing church to attend faithfully, read the Bible daily, and get baptized.